Hi Rory,

Am 18.02.19 um 17:07 schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:58:38 +0100
> Matthias Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rory,
>>
>> Am 18.02.19 um 16:53 schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
>>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:08:09 +0000
>>> Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:00:20 +0100
>>>> Matthias Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Rory,
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 15.02.19 um 11:22 schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
>>>>>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:55:32 +0200
>>>>>> Damjan Jovanovic <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bug 125129 looks like a wild goose chase and requires considerable
>>>>>>> understanding of the framework layer, but I'll try continue when I have
>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>> A quick experiment with Writer in 4.2.0 shows me that one cannot insert 
>>>>>> a background fill (Area tab) when making a frame, but one can 
>>>>>> subsequently select the frame and then insert the background.
>>>>>>   
>>>>>> Also, the Frame toolbar does not show onscreen for me, so I am unable to 
>>>>>> attempt Linking frames, whether empty or with background fill.  Using 
>>>>>> /View /Toolbars : Frame turns off the Formatting toolbar, but does not 
>>>>>> display the Frame toolbar.  I am reasonably sure the Frame toolbar is 
>>>>>> not anywhere on my desktop (several monitors in use - checked it is not 
>>>>>> hidden behind anything).
>>>>> I have seen this "hidden" toolbar on Linux (with a fresh profile) but
>>>>> never could reproduce it on Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, Revision 1853741 should fix it.
>>> OK, on 
>>> AOO420m1(Build:9820)  -  Rev. 1853744
>>> 2019-02-17_20:20:13 - Rev. 1853770
>>>
>>> just now installed (old profile used): The Frame toolbar shows on Linux deb 
>>> 64 when a frame is selected.  I can link frames OK.  However, I cannot 
>>> insert a background (Area) fill when defining a frame.  The system hangs, 
>>> then crashes.  The old linux trick of starting openoffice4 in a terminal 
>>> does not give any diagnostic information after such a crash.
>> You mix up two separate issues here...
>>
>> I only fixed the hidden toolbar. The crash is well known and documented:
>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125129
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>    Matthias
> Thanks - I understand that; however, it is probably useful to note the 
> continued existence of other problems concerned with a limited area of 
> functionality - in this case, frames.

That's what Bugzilla is for... ;-)

It is even flagged as a release blocker.

Matthias

>
> Rory 
>
>>> I can, once a frame is made, select it and change the background (Area) 
>>> colour.  If a frame has had a background inserted after making the frame, 
>>> its linking to another frame is uncertain - the background colour is 
>>> sometimes treated as frame content and linking is not permitted; however, 
>>> the logic of "content" in a frame probably ought be inserted content such 
>>> as text or illustration, not structural content such as a background colour 
>>> generated at frame make time; but until a frame can have such content 
>>> generated at frame make time, one cannot experiment in any detail.
>>>
>>> Rory
>>>> OK, downloading now - will try this over next few days, but little time 
>>>> until later in the week.
>>>>
>>>> Rory
>>>>
>>>>>> (I am using AOO420m1(Build:9800)  -  Rev. 1851640
>>>>>> 2019-01-19 15:48:21 (Sat, 19 Jan 2019) - Linux x86_64 [Apache OpenOffice 
>>>>>> Test Development Build] running on Xubuntu 18.04.02 64 bit)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't currently use Frames in any of my works in progress, so this is 
>>>>>> not a matter of any urgency for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am of course ready to try any interim version (whether public or 
>>>>>> private) to examine any change in this or other problems.
>>>>> You can try a build from our buildbot:
>>>>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/41x/
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>    Matthias
>>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]>
>>>>
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